Harry Sibbald

🇬🇧 Consultant / Outdoor Enthusiast

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

And I even went to the Labour Party Conference and spoke there with several other people about why they needed to avoid all this mess

They are now wildly irritating people who want them to do better! And who were prepared to give them a chance

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

Hurray… someone else obsessed with the Jena experiment

If you’ve never heard of it… you have now 👇🏻

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

Am I allowed, at this stage, to point out that... there is no such thing as a fossil fuel free book?
Like it or not, paperback & hardback books are fossil fuel products.
If that sounds odd, consider for a moment how the book you've been idly flicking through is actually made...

[Moz Perkins⚓️🇨🇶🇬🇧 Author 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @MozPerkins]

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.

Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.

A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.

He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.

We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

[Bath Rugby @BathRugby]

What you've all been waiting for 🪄

Finn Russell with a magical assist to set up Tom de Glanville �

[Morbid Knowledge @MorbidKnowledge]

Just moments after this image was captured, SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau was snatched into the jaws of the orca pictured here and brutally killed. Her body was then thrashed about over the course of 45 minutes while the horrified crowd helplessly looked on.

The autopsy report said that Brancheau died from drowning and blunt force trauma. Her spinal cord was severed, and she had sustained fractures to her jawbone, ribs, and a cervical vertebra. Her scalp was completely torn off from her head, and her left elbow and left knee had been dislocated.

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

Who has a fair claim on the region of Israel and Palestine?

It's time to go deep to understand:
• History
• Geography
• Religion
• Legal claims
• Morality
• And more:

[Theo Jaffee @theojaffee]

Still pretty crazy that you probably own the same phone as most billionaires and world leaders

There's no $100,000 or $10,000,000 phone with better features that only the rich can own

The $1,200 iPhone 15 Pro Max is basically the limit

[James Nokise @JamesNokise]

I’m not quite sure how to explain what’s happened tonight, because it’s still happening - but here goes…

At 4:40pm I jumped on a train from London to Edinburgh..

It was comfy, it was quiet

In hindsight, too good to last…

[Project Football @ProjectFootball]

Fan behaviour like this needs stamping out, got no time for this. Ban him for life @SouthamptonFC

[Rob Kearney @KearneyRob]

For the love of god give everyone back their national anthems - it’s killing that 5min pre game buzz!!

[Sky Bet League One @SkyBetLeagueOne]

The updated table 👀📈

How's it looking for your side?

#EFL | #SkyBetLeagueOne

[Test Match Special @bbctms]

Moeen Ali has confirmed to @bbctms that he has played his final Test 🥹

What a career.

#BBCCricket #Ashes

[Harry Sibbald @HarrySibbald]

Test match purist and one of the greats!

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Stuart Broad has announced he will retire at the end of the ongoing fifth Ashes Test against Australia.

We want to know how many of Broad's Test victims you can name.

Take our quiz 👇

#BBCCricket #Ashes

[Matt Ramsay @ramsaymatt]

Cambridge United Football Club

[Jim Hamilton @jimhamilton4]

Maverick, this is goose.

[Harry Sibbald @HarrySibbald]

Love to see it @PMullin7 delivering for #WrexhamAFC

[Graham Stephan @GrahamStephan]

The best way to create long term wealth is to Dollar Cost Average into an Index fund.

It's boring but you'll beat almost everyone who tries something else.

Here are the top 5 index funds to invest in 2023:

[Geoff Norcott @GeoffNorcott]

It’s a rough year when this is a legitimate contender for most uplifting news story of 2022.

[Jamie Phillips @JNPhillips4]

RIP Doddie Weir 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The world of rugby has lost one of its most colourful characters.